Tuning: E A D G B E

The original song is played on a 12-string guitar. [Intro] B E B A G#m F#sus2 D7M [Verse 1]

^Asus2Moving down the water ^B ^G#mJohn is drifting out of sight

^F#sus2It's only at the turning point ^D7MThat you find out how you fight

^Asus2In the cold, feel the cold ^BAll a^G#mround

^F#sus2And the rush of crashing water ^D7MSurrounds me with its sound

[Verse 2]

^Asus2Striking out to reach you ^B ^G#mI can't get through to the other side

^F#sus2When you're racing in the rapids ^D7MThere's only one way, that's to ride

^Asus2Taken down, taken down by the ^Bunder^G#mtow ^F#sus2I'm spiraled down the river bed

^D7Mmy fire is burning low

[Verse 3]

^Asus2Catching hold of a rock that's firm,^B ^G#mI'm waiting for John to be carried past

^F#sus2We hold together, hold together ^D7Mand shoot the rapids fast

^Asus2And when the waters slow ^Bdown, ^G#mthe dark and the deep

^F#sus2Have no one, no one, no one, no one, ^D7Mno one left to keep

[Outro]

^Asus2Hang on John,^B ^G#mwe're out of this at last

^F#sus2Something's changed, that's not your face, ^D7Mit's mine, it's mine!

Genesis - In the rapids